Tony Takezaki トニーたけざき

[born: 15 Jul 1963; bloodtype: ?]

(a pseudonym)

A graduate of an Osaka design school, Takezaki is a versatile mangaka with a
gross sense of humor. Major artistic influences include Ootomo and Umezu Kazuo
(there are also many homages/parodies of their work in his manga). Takezaki
used to draw doujinshi based on Sonoda's work, and got his big break when he
was commissioned to do the AD POLICE manga. Takezaki also contributed to volume
2 of the Ariel manga anthologies.

Various stories inspired by the AD Police anime; there's some serious
stories, and some extremely flippant ones. Unravelling brains, Leon in
Osaka, perverted boomers, it's all there. 25:00 reads left to right, is
bilingual (English/Japanese, with a wild English translation), and even
has a hilarious Western-style 'comic'. The anime bears little resemblance
to the manga.

Subtitled "The Another Story of BubblegumCrisis" (sic). The tankoubon
contains a color section in front with a color art gallery. In the back,
there are some technical files. No short stories here, a long story about
a boomer trying to take control of the supercomputer Alex.

The hero is Dr. Kishiwada, a brilliant but demented scientist, who creates
bizarre mechs, battles the forces of evil, or just mucks about. There are
many parodies of B-grade SF movies and TV. Crazy, slick and very funny.

Probably the ultimate mad scientist manga. Though a little uneven in
spots, at its best, it leaps off the page with a manic berserk energy
tinged with a dark edge I'd previously only been able to find in American
comics. Thus, Kishiwada is the first manga to remind me of Johnen Vasquez
or Warren Ellis. It has inspired imitators (Sukatan Yarou's Kitamichi
Masayuki) but no competitors. The first eight issues ran in Morning; after
this is switched to Afternoon. Interesting to note that, about halfway
through, stories are being collected in a different order than that in
which they originally appeared. The numbering has been changed to meet
the new order; he collects storylines together and puts the filler
around them. {EIR}